PICTURES FROM THE 1930's

Interesting and odd looks at the world as it was almost a century ago.
From personal looks at famous people to technology you didn't know existed
to stuff that will make you wonder how any of us got out of the decade
alive!

Albert Einstein with a puppet he saw in a
show in Germany. Einstein complained that the puppet wasn't fat
enough.

Construction of Hoover Dam.

Max Factor’s Beauty Micrometer, used to
measure beauty... with science!

The headquarters of Mussolini’s fascist
headquarters in Rome

A coat store.

Driving across the Pudding River.

Filming a scene for a movie about driving
for the BBC.

The real life models used for American
Gothic.

New York City atop the newly completed
Empire State Building.

A baby suspended in a wire cage attached to
the outside of a high tenement block window. The cages were
distributed to members of the Chelsea Baby Club in London who have no
gardens” Looks totally safe.

Preparing a gift for Hitler.

Disposing of liquor during prohibition.

A vending machine that dispensed cigarettes
that were already lit.

Bonnie and Clyde.

An early form of GPS! The Inter Avto
was attached to cars like a speedometer. The paper on the screen
would scroll automatically in proportion to the vehicle's speed.

The construction of Mount Rushmore.

Alfred Hitchcock in Los Angeles.

A young Dutch boy with a pillow tied to his
backside to lessen the fear of falling on the ice.